FreeBSD 6

Norbert Koch NKoch at demig.de
Wed Jul 27 06:51:49 GMT 2005


> As far as -O2 as the default for the kernel... I thought it was more
> important to have a small kernel then a faster but fatter one. The
> smaller the kernel the more you can put in L1,2, and 3 cache and the
> smaller the program the less it needs to hit ram, swap, and hard disk?

Just my opinion. I am not sure if, under realistic conditions, -O2
is better than -Os.

Norbert


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